baja

/[ˈbaxa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#738

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

baja is aSpanishnoun. It means: Diminución del precio, valor y estimación de una cosa. Pronounced [ˈbaxa]. It ranks #738 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with bla and bay.

Key facts for baja
PropertyValue
Headwordbaja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈbaxa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#738
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of baja in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for baja is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbaxa]. Corpus data places it at rank #738 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for baja, with forms such as "abja", "baaj", and "bajja". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bla", "bay", "ban", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is baja, spelled B-A-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Diminución del precio, valor y estimación de una cosa.
  2. 2
    Alemanda.
  3. 3
    Declaración oficial mediante la cual se pone fin a la actividad en sectores o oficios sujetos a tributación.
  4. 4
    Impreso de carácter tributario utilizado para comunicar el abandono de una actividad económica o profesional.
  5. 5
    Baja temporal.
  6. 6
    Justificante que certifica una baja temporal.
  7. 7
    Retiro o separación de una persona de una institución, oficio, trayectoria profesional, entre otros ámbitos.
  8. 8
    Pérdida o falta de un individuo.
  9. 9
    Documento que acredita o en que consta la falta de un individuo.
  10. 10
    Bajío (elevación del fondo).

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Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: abja,baaj,bajja,bbaja,bjaa,vaja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for baja

Misspelling Variants of "baja"

abja4baaj4bajja5bbaja5bjaa4vaja4
Misspelling Variants of "baja"

Frequency rank: #738 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baja"?
"baja" is spelled B-A-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbaxa].
What does "baja" mean?
As a noun, "baja" means: Diminución del precio, valor y estimación de una cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "baja"?
"baja" is commonly confused with "bla", "bay", "ban". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "baja"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baja" is [ˈbaxa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baja" come from?
"baja" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.